Nearby “Super Earth” May Be A Better Candidate For Life Than Previously Thought
[UT Austin] Using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory, astronomers have taken a closer look at a nearby…
Ultraviolet-Driven Atmospheric Degeneracies Challenge Conventional Biosignature Frameworks for Terrestrial Planets with Ultracool M Dwarf Hosts: An Archean-Analog TRAPPIST-1 e Case Study
Comparison of input SEDs used in this study and molecular photoabsorption cross sections relevant to Archean-analog photochemistry. The…
Red Dwarf Stars Detected ‘Eating’ Earth-like Planets
This artist’s impression shows two Earth-sized worlds passing in front of their parent red dwarf star in the…
New Findings About Exoplanets Challenge Theories Of Planet Formation
Super-Earths and sub-Neptunes – Grok via Astrobiology.com Astronomers estimate there is at least one planet for every star…
The CARMENES Search For Exoplanets Around M Dwarfs. A Homogeneous Catalogue Of Projected Rotational Velocities Accounting For Limb-darkening
Planet orbiting a red dwarf — Grok via Astrobiology.com Stellar rotation is closely linked to both age and…
Photosynthetic Exergy I. Thermodynamic Limits For Habitable-zone Planets
Spectral flux and exergy at the top of the atmosphere for three blackbody models, all normalized to the…